We’re looking for a customer-focused individual with energy, experience and a strong sense of purpose to join us as a Head of Sales Strategy.

In order to meet our growing development programme and the opportunities it presents for Catalyst, we are expanding our sales and marketing team. We have ambitious targets and will be recruiting to a number of positions within the team to help us reach them.

Catalyst is an organisation with a driving social purpose. We are also a Sunday Times Top 100 Organisation to Work For. We’re looking for people with ambition and drive who want to join us in making a purposeful difference to lives and communities.

As Head of Sales and Strategy you will lead the pre-acquisition assessment of shared ownership and market sale opportunities, ensuring developments are optimised from a sales perspective. Working across the Sales and Marketing department, you will ensure sales strategies are developed and their requirements incorporated within the department’s operational plan.

Through management of the research function, you will develop our market intelligence capabilities, both in support of new development opportunities and to inform our operational approach to the on-site sales programme.

You will seek to understand fully your customers’ needs, identifying and working to remove pain points, and always doing what you say you will.

You are a strategic thinker who is able to see the bigger picture but also thrives at being hands-on. You will be a confident communicator at all levels, communicating with gravitas and diplomacy and able to provide clear well written and well-presented reports targeted to the audience.

You will be a confident people manager and inspirational leader, you will know what it takes to motivate your team, ensuring they have the right tools to do the job and are delivery focussed.

We’re a Sunday Times top 100 Best Company to Work for. We invest a lot of time and resources in our people because we know it’s our people who will drive our success. If you’d like to join us, and help make a real difference, please get in touch.

Please note completed pre-employment forms must be included in order for your application to be processed.

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